Refresh Yourself
Do you like the cross
you bear?
Are you living without a care?
Take a trip you gotta pay the fair
On a journey to who knows where
Have you regrets have you disgrace
Well it's written all over your face
There's so much more you could embrace
Can I cut right to the chase?
Refresh your self
Refresh yourself
Refresh yourself
See how refreshed you can feel
Now everything is
tailor-made
Where familiar passions fade
So if you wanna change the grade
Why not try a different shade
Hurry up and define your mind
Don't hang around you 'aint got time
You can gamble or decline
If you seek you will find
Do you wanna get
vitalised
Get out of your clockwork life
Stop feeling so crippled inside
I wanna offer a piece of advice
If you wanna come alive
Really feel it deep inside
Seek the truth don't compromise
And don't suffer or be denied
Hollywood Beckons?
The late
90's and early 2000 saw Toby diversifying
into filmmaking, taking part in the British shoot of “Gladiator” as well as
“Sleepy Hollow”, “Angela’s Ashes” and “The Visitors”. Toby also spent time
as Christopher Lambert’s stand in/double for the last Highlander film, as
well as being contracted to world-renowned film director Steven Spielberg’s
company, Dreamworks for the duration of the shoot of the BBC co-funded
production, “Band Of Brothers”.
Refresh
Yourself
It was with the achieving of a new publishing deal in 2000, and with the
urge to go out and play again that Toby returned to music in 2002.
Over a number of UK tours, Toby played a healthy smattering of Little Angels material as well as songs from
his debut solo album "Toby and The Whole Truth" and brand new material from
the Refresh EP. This was a new phase in the career of
one of rock’s most dynamic front men. The watchwords were passion and
integrity driven by a desire to entertain and move an audience, not
conditioned by fashion.
The line up during 2002 and 2003 was :
Toby Jepson - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Nick Dunne – Lead Guitar
Roger Davis- Bass Guitar
Matt Eldridge – Drums, percussion
However, history has a habit of repeating itself, and it was with disappointment that on 11th February 2003, Toby announced his withdrawal from the music industry once more. In the same announcement Toby set out his intention to release a double album of all the tracks that have never seen the light of day, finished masters, demo's etc and also live stuff from Rock City recorded in July 2002. Twisted Rhapsodies was released on 8th December 2003,
Toby lives in Scarborough with his family and whilst officially retired from the music industry thankfully he still participates in local projects and collaborations with other artists including Dean Howard, H2002, H2004, and also performs occasionally. He has just announced that he will be a special guest on the Thunder tour in January 2006 and asked me to post the following message
It is
with great pleasure that I am talking to the stage again. I know I sounded
so final at the end of the last tour, but I burnt out and becoming jaded by
the business AGAIN! I have not stopped writing though, and have continued to
seek ways to re invent myself although it has proven to be very difficult.
It has taken this to re charge my batteries and I have to say that the most
unexpected things are often the best things that ever happen to you. I am so
thrilled that THUNDER have seen fit to include me in their thoughts when
considering bands for support. I will be eternally grateful to Danny and the
boys for that, and I hope my re entry can give me a chance to repay them
someday. I have always said that the fans, you lot, are the reason that I
keep going and it is never truer than now. Your continued words of
encouragement even when I was silent have helped keep the fires burning and
give me the courage to get back out there and I fully intend to deliver the
finest set I can and not disappoint. I will be delighted to see you all on
the tour. My very best wishes and deepest thanks.
Tobe Jepson, Scarborough Nov 05
Keep your fingers crossed, and its just possible that Toby will be back centre stage again.
My thanks...
All that's left for me to say is Thank-you all for supporting bigbadworld.net since its launch in 1999. Tell your friends! My sincere thanks to Toby Jepson, Rich Richardson, Simon Nixon, John Dickinson, and not least my wife Lisa!
